Black Classics

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Overview

The challenge is simply to read all these amazing black classics over time.

Challenge Books

25

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

A Raisin in the Sun

Lorraine Hansberry

26

Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley

Roots: The Saga of an American Family

Alex Haley

27

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead

28

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines

A Lesson Before Dying

Ernest J. Gaines

29

Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon

Black Skin, White Masks

Frantz Fanon

30

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

If Beale Street Could Talk

James Baldwin

31

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Audre Lorde

32

The Sellout by Paul Beatty

The Sellout

Paul Beatty

33

The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes

The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

34

Disappearing Acts by Terry McMillan

Disappearing Acts

Terry McMillan

35

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

36

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Isabel Wilkerson